Collection Online as of March 29, 2023

Flower Shade

c. 1988

Ninomiya Hakuryū 二宮柏龍

(Japanese, 1915–2012?)

Japan, Shōwa period

(1926-89)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Mounted: 56 x 26 cm (22 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Each fan: 15 x 50.8 cm (5 7/8 x 20 in.)

Gift of Hakuryu Ninomiya 1988.122

Location

not on view

Description

The calligraphy of poems still inspires many contemporary artists. Here, Ninomiya Hakuryu expressed his sensitive playfulness by writing the title of this work, Flower Shade, on a fan turned at a 90-degree angle and a haiku on the fan-shaped paper below.

Inscriptions

Inscription

upper fan: お花

Inscription Translation

upper fan: flower

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: P. 95; reproduced: P. 89, no. 89

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 89

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).